Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US 'not experiencing the best of times'

The liberal U.S. Supreme Court justice, who past year called then-candidate Trump a "faker", hailed the country as one made great by immigration, diversity and free speech, and suggested the U.S. was losing sight of some of its core values. "That story might never have come out if we didn't have the free press that we do".

When asked why she was so passionate about the free press, Ginsburg responded: "I read The Washington Post and The New York Times every day". That was a time when "anyone who wasn't born and bred in the U.S. was considered an outcast", she said.

The 83-year-old justice did not comment directly on President Donald Trump, but said she was encouraged by the massive women's march in Washington, the day after his inauguration January 20, when demonstrators protested his election victory. After all (hint, hint), she reminded her interviewers, their coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon.

But bad-mouthing the very country where she occupies one of the highest constitutional appointments in the land is of course nothing new for Justice Ginsburg. "I think that the reporters are trying to tell the public the way things are". "What will be next year?" she said.

She also signaled, without much attempt at evasion, that she is no fan of the Trump administration.

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